A YEAR into the job and Wrexham Supporters Trust chairman Pete Jones has no regrets about taking on the new role.

After a succession of mismanagement by previous owners, the club is now on a more even keel after the trust’s pledge to steady the ship.

It can be easy to criticise what the people in charge are doing when in opposition, but now Pete is on the other side helping to steer the club’s board after the WST take-over, 12 months hasn’t really altered his perspective on what the job would entail.

“It has been a learning curve and we are learning very day. I said to the trust board the day we took over – we now owned a professional football club, it was a big commitment and we wanted to do it,” he said.

“It was new to us all, but we were prepared for the year and to be honest I don’t think there have been any unforeseen problems.

“We had a good cup run and it was a case of manoeuvring as we went along to keep the club running, but we wanted to make sure not to change anything on the field.

“Off the field though we had to take a look at the governance of the club and its constitution and that took a lot of work.

“In the meantime we set up community projects such as the Junior Dragons and working with the disabled.

“On the field we didn’t want anything to do with the running of the team. Andy Morrell met with the board of directors and we told him we wanted him to run the club, where he chooses the players and who he buys – that’s left up to him.”

“The fact that we are a fan-owned club, everybody wants it to work and the reaction has been great.

“One of the main aims was to make the club sustainable, that is one of the most important things we got form Supporters Direct, that they want for clubs.”

Pete also has to juggle his day job as a civil servant while looking after the trust side of things as the chairman.

“My day usually consists of going though e.mails and answering them, attending meetings and helping with the fundraising,” he said.